Open AccessThermal Degradation and Mechanical Behavior of Banana Pseudo-Stem Reinforced Composites
Author(s) -
Mohamad Zaki Hassan,
Mohd Sapuan Salit,
Zainudin A. Rasid
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of recent technology and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2277-3878
DOI - 10.35940/ijrte.d8812.118419
Subject(s) - thermogravimetric analysis , thermal stability , materials science , composite material , epoxy , composite number , ultimate tensile strength , fiber , tensile testing , thermal , degradation (telecommunications) , natural fiber , fiber reinforced composite , chemistry , computer science , telecommunications , physics , organic chemistry , meteorology
Banana fiber has potential to be utilized in bio-based composite structures due to its low price, abundantly available and biodegradability. However, the performance of this fiber is still not comparable to the synthetic polymeric system. In this work, the thermal stability analysis and tensile test of optimized banana fiber that was initially evaluated using response surface method were conducted. The thermal analysis and the tensile test were conducted using thermogravimetric analyzer and universal testing machine respectively. It was shown that the banana fiber content offered an outstanding performance in thermal stability. The highest thermal stability however, was found in neat epoxy resin system. The TG and DTG results showed the lowest amount of residue occurred in banana/epoxy composite. The tensile data properties revealed that banana composite is comparable to synthetic samples